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08-16-2008, 09:28 PM
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Webmaster
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Home of the "Flying Tomato"
Carlsbad, CA
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Vanessa
I received this email today:
It has been a long while since I have posted to the group. Now I can't figure out how to do it.
I just wanted everyone to know that Vanessa passed away this morning early.
She is the ex. wife of my husband's cousin and the mother of his two daughters. I don't know how long it will take for her daughters to post and let everyone know. She was such a sweet and caring person.
Please keep her daughters and their families in your prayers.
Thanks
Linda Nance
mslinda
-:¦:- God's Blessings-:¦:-
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Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
I Corinthians 2:9
Our deepest sympathies for her family.
Love and Light
Joe
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Illegitimi non carborundum
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08-16-2008, 09:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: St. George, UT
Posts: 582
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I am so very sorry to hear about Vanessa's passing. She was such a special person and added so much to this website. I hope her family can know how much she was cared about and how much she will be missed. We have all been concerned about her, and we are appreciative for this post. My condolances and prayers are with her family and I'm sure many others will express the same. Thank you, Joe, for passing Linda's message on to all of us. Tricia
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08-16-2008, 09:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 2,077
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Thanks, Joe, for passing this sad news to us. Vanessa and her family will be in my prayers. what a rough year.
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For Nicola
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08-16-2008, 10:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Walnut Creek, CA
Posts: 438
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I am very sorry to hear this news. Vanessa and her family are in my prayers.
Karen
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08-17-2008, 02:55 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ireland
Posts: 3,463
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This makes me so sad to hear of losing another sister to this disease. My sincere condolence's to Vanessa's family.
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Tricia
Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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08-17-2008, 03:12 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Bergenfield, NJ
Posts: 121
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I am so sad to hear about Vanessa's passing. Vanessa and her family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Lots of Love,
Gemma
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My love to you all
Gemma
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Dx July03 at 35
Rt,breast lump.,1 node+
ER+(98%)ER-, grade3
A/C 4rounds,Rad for 38 days
Tamoxifen 2004-05
Recurrence Feb.2006, radi double mastectomy canceled bec. of mets, StageIV lungs mets
Her2+++, BRCA negative
Taxol/Herceptin six rounds of Taxol from April06.then Herceptin alone til May07. Started Tykerb/Xeloda in Jun07-Sept.07 bec of progression of the lympnodes. Navalbine/Herceptin Sept.07 to April 08 due to progression . Gemzar/Hercptin Apr08.June08 Brain MRI showed Brain Mets.CraniectomyAug.1,08, tumor removed completely
completed 20 wbrt!
Started Doxil 10/31/08 (monthly) and weekly Herceptin
Ixempra on 2/13/09
due to multiple hepatic mets
will have Herceptin as well.
Radical rt.breast Mastectomy June2009.
Ixempra/Herceptin 11/06/09--increasing right axillary lymphanenopathy and enlarging left upper lobe nodule :-(
Taxotere/Herceptin 3/5/10,more liver mets, lungs, lymphnodes. 2 weeks on, one week off...
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08-17-2008, 03:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 157
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I am so very sorry for Vanessa's passing. Very sad news. One more sister lost for this horrible disease.
Vanessa and her family will be in my prayers.
Thanks, Joe, for letting us know.
KarlaV.
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08-17-2008, 04:30 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 2,357
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I'm so sad to hear that Vanessa has left us. I always loved her input & sweet ways. I'm so very glad that I got the opportunity to get to know her on the Her2 site. So many times when I check in I look for those familiar "names" to check out what their doing, thinking, and feeling. Vanessa so easily shared all of those with us. I know that her family feels blessed to have had her in their lives. Condolences to her family and friends. thank you for letting us know. I'm grateful for every year we all have together...to learn from each other, cheer each other up, and to love each other thru the tough times. Luv to all, ma
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MA in TX.
Grateful for each and every day....
Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
Last edited by Mary Anne in TX; 08-17-2008 at 02:26 PM..
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08-17-2008, 05:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Morris, IL
Posts: 3,507
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My condolences to Vanessa's family...another warrior taken much too soon...I will miss her upbeat posts and the love she shared with all of us...truly a year of great losses for all of us....
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"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Hugs & Blessings
Sheila
Diagnosed at age 49.99999 2/21/2002 via Mammography (Calcifications)
Core Biopsy 2/22/02
L. Mastectomy 2/25/2002
Stage 1, 0.7cm IDC, Node Neg from 19 nodes Her2+++ ER PR Neg
6/2003 Reconstruction W/ Tissue Expander, Silicone Implant
9/2003 Stage IV with Mets to Supraclavicular nodes
9/2003 Began Herceptin every 3 weeks
3/2006 Xeloda 2500mg/Herceptin for recurrence to neck nodes
3/2007 Added back the Xeloda with Herceptin for continued mets to nodes
5/2007 Taken Off Xeloda, no longer working
6/14/07 Taxol/Herceptin/Avastin
3/26 - 5/28/08 Taxol Holiday Whopeeeeeeeee
5/29 2008 Back on Taxol w Herceptin q 2 weeks
4/2009 Progression on Taxol & Paralyzed L Vocal Cord from Nodes Pressing on Nerve
5/2009 Begin Rx with Navelbine/Herceptin
11/09 Progression on Navelbine
Fought for and started Tykerb/Herceptin...nodes are melting!!!!!
2/2010 Back to Avastin/Herceptin
5/2010 Switched to Metronomic Chemo with Herceptin...Cytoxan and Methotrexate
Pericardial Window Surgery to Drain Pericardial Effusion
7/2010 Back to walking a mile a day...YEAH!!!!
9/2010 Nodes are back with a vengence in neck
Qualified for TDM-1 EAP
10/6/10 Begin my miracle drug, TDM-1
Mixed response, shrinking internal nodes, progression skin mets after 3 treatments
12/6/10 Started Halaven (Eribulen) /Herceptin excellent results in 2 treatments
2/2011 I CELEBRATE my 9 YEAR MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7/5/11 begin Gemzar /Herceptin for node progression
2/8/2012 Gemzar stopped, Continue Herceptin
2/20/2012 Begin Tomo Radiation to Neck Nodes
2/21/2012 I CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
5/12/2012 BeganTaxotere/ Herceptin is my next miracle for new node progression
6/28/12 Stopped Taxotere due to pregression, Started Perjeta/Herceptin
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08-17-2008, 06:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
Posts: 2,582
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Ohhhhhh, such sad news. I've been thinking of Vanessa often these past few days and wondering how she was doing and also worried that things weren't well because she has been absent from here for so long.
She was such a sweet soul to us here at her2support and she will be greatly missed.
Love & Peace,
Mary Jo
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"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
<>< Romans 8:28
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08-17-2008, 06:08 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 951
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Sad!!!
This is very sad news. She was such a supportive and uplifting member on our site. I give my condolences to her family.
Barbara H.
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08-17-2008, 06:22 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 823
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Oh No, I am so very heart sick to see yet another beautiful woman has passed on.
Vanessa's family will in my prayers during this difficult time.
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Vicki
Texas
Biopsy Dx'd 3-23-05 Age 48
MRM 4-5-05 w/ 2 tumor's 5cm, and 6 cm (right side)
IDC (poorly differentiated infiltrating ductual carcinoma)
5+/16 nodes
Stage III A
Grade 3
ER/PR-, Her2/neu ++
Ki67 78%
Begin Chemo 5-2-05 4XAC Dose Dense , 4X Abraxane Dose Dense (ended August 05)
28 Rad's ended October 13 2005
Started Herceptin Weekly August 2005 for one year
Had a Simple mastectomy left side after Mamo showed incresed micro-calcifications. Jan. 17 2006.
Brain MRI Feb.2006--All Clear
August 28, 2006 Last Weekly Herceptin.
October 2006--Colonoscopy, 6 Polyp's removed--all B9
PET Scan July 2007
Abdominal MRI Oct. 2007---2 Right Kidney Cysts
Core Biopsy-- Lump on Scar Line 1-10-08---B9
Brain MRI 6-2008--All Clear
PET/CT Scan 6-2008
Sept. 8 2008, 4CM area removed from mastectomy scar line. Proved to be B9.
PET/CT Scan-- July 2009 --All clear
August 17,2009 ---Had Port Removed
6 Years NED -- April 5,2011
DX'd with Melanoma left arm 10-10-2011
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08-17-2008, 06:36 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: moved to Lancaster, Pa in June, 2010
Posts: 576
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This news saddens me so. My prayers are with her family. Another beautiful angel looking down on us.
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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08-17-2008, 06:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 900
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I am sitting here with tears in my eyes as I read Joe's message. I didn't know Vanessa, and yet I knew her well. Just through her writings on this board I knew what a wonderful, caring person she was and how she always reached out to others. She had a sweetness about her that came shining through. Most of us have not met, and probably never will, but still, we share a bond that brings us together in these tough times. We truly care about each other; that is what keeps us coming back, even through all of the sad times. Without joy you cannot feel sorrow. Thank you Vanessa for the joy you brought to all of us.
We will miss you.
Much love,
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Gerri
Dx: 11/23/05, Lumpectomy 12/12/05
Tumor 2.2 cm, Stage II, Grade 3, Sentinel Node biopsy negative
ER+ (30%) /PR+ (50%), HER2+++
AC X 4 dose dense, Taxol X 4 dose dense
Herceptin started with 2nd Taxol, given weekly until chemo done
then given every 3 weeks for one year ending on March 16, 2007
Radiation 30 treatments
Tamoxifen - 2 yrs (pre-menopausal)
May 2008 - Feb 2012 Femara
Aug 2008 - Feb 2012 Zometa every 6 months
March 2012 - Stop Femara, now Evista for bone strengthening
********** Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Brault
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08-17-2008, 08:17 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 368
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I'm so sad that we've lost another beloved sister.
My thoughts are with her family, and with our Her2 family.
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08-17-2008, 08:29 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 118
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Vanessa
I just have to repeat what Gerri has written. It has been a very sad year so far. My thoughts and prayers are with the family, Jeanette
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08-17-2008, 08:37 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 203
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Sincere condolences to Vanessa's family - and her family her in cyberworld - we are a family and it pains us all each time we lose a member.
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Dx 8/06 Age 43 Stage IIIA multifocal throughout breast, largest tumor 5 cm, grade 3, comedo, ER+PR+HER+++
Neoadjuvant A/C 4X Dose Dense
11/06 Bilateral Mastectomy (no choice on the right, my choice on the left)
Taxol+Herceptin weekly x12, continuing with Herceptin, finished one year in 12/07
33 Rads
Femara for 5+ years, staying on (started with Arimidex, switched after about a month, much happier)
Abnormal brain MRI shows no cancer, but "extensive white matter diease" - unknown cause
BRCA negative - lots of cancer in my family
survivor of thyroid cancer
also have Crohn's disease
CT and bone scan say NED as of 5/13
dx with severe cardiomyopathy 5/12 (likely due to chemo and Herceptin), ejection fraction in low 20's, now up to 40, went to 50, latest read 12/13 is back down to 35
1/13 Acute pancreatitis - are you kidding me?
9/13 started Humira for Crohn's. starting to have some energy again
B12 and Vit D both needed supplementation
Cataracts in both eyes noted 6/12 - surgery in the next 2-4 years?
4/14 Kidney stones/blockage/infection - related to Crohn's Disease
5/14 My aunt passed away - she was diagnosed after I was with Stage I - not Her2+, then Stage 4 for about one year
6/14 Scans - still NED, thank God. However, broken rib (I didn't notice) lots of bone degeneration osteopenia/osteoporosis. I also still have cardiomyopathy secondary to chemo.
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08-17-2008, 08:57 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,193
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This is so sad.
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PinkGirl
Dx Aug/05 at age 51
2cm. Stage 2A, Grade 3
ER+/PR-
Her2 +++
Sept 7/05 Mastectomy
4 FAC, 4 Taxol, no radiation
1 year of Herceptin
Tamoxifen for approx. 4 months,
Arimidex for 5 years
Prophylactic mastectomy June 22/09
" I yam what I yam." - Popeye
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08-17-2008, 09:42 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Louisville KY
Naples FL
Posts: 665
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This is just so sad, so many too soon. My prayers to her
family and friends.
patb
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patb
Diagnosed June, 06, Stage I, Grade3, ER+PR- Her2positive, No Nodes. A/C X 4. Radiation 33 with boost, Herceptin every two weeks until Nov.
07, Arimedex for 5 years. Mugas and Echo and chest xRay. Bone scan of whole Body, and Back of Brain and spine MRI.
CT scan of Lungs every six months
due to two small places. December
2009, bone scan due to bone pain.
Follow up test in 2010.
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08-17-2008, 09:46 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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What very sad news. I am grateful that Vanessa got to see her granddaughter and grandson born last summer when she was doing well and could enjoy them.
Her daughters and those 2 babies were everything to her and I will keep them all in my thoughts and prayers.
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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